(Une version française suit en dessous) (Y este mes también una versión en español después) Twenty years ago I wrote an early history of the culture of peace up until the conclusion of the International Year for the Culture of Peace in the year 2000. At that point it seemed that the culture of peace … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) In this blog, I will explain why I think world history is accelerating, where it is going, and why this gives us a window of opportunity to change from the present global culture of war to a new global culture of peace. And I will argue that progress will … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) As we re-launch the Manifesto 2025 (see the CPNN bulletin this month, it seems useful to recall the launch of the Manifesto 2000, for which my team at UNESCO was responsible. Although we hoped for global publicity at the launch of the Manifesto 2000 in September 1999, we did … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) Twenty-five years ago, in September 1999, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, which many have compared to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the most important resolutions in its history. Having been deeply involved in its preparation, … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) The following is the text of my remarks at UNESCO during a meeting organised by the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee with the support of the Association of Former UNESCO Staff Members and the French Commission for UNESCO. It’s a great pleasure for me to return today to UNESCO to mark … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) In a world torn by the wars in Ukraine and Palestine, and threatened by the Bidens, Putins and Netanyahus, we must not forget the slow, patient work of those who cultivate peace. In this regard, I said the following in a video conference of the Global Alliance for Ministries … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) Thanks to Roland Nivet of Mouvement de la Paix and Jean-Marc Cléry of the trade union FSU, I had to chance to speak to a hundred school teachers represented by the FSU in Bretagne. The blog this month is based on my remarks. Your students, like all young people … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) The culture of war seems stronger than ever. Illustrating this, one day preceding the International Day of Peace, the opening of the United Nations was given to Ukraine president Zelensky to call for all-out war against Russia, even at the risk of launching a Third World War. And … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) A few years ago I was encouraged by the movement of the Arab Spring, writing in this blog that “the Arab spring and the ongoing democratic revolutions in the Arab countries are providing an important new momentum towards a culture of peace.” And in the spring of this year … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) As described in the first blog for this month, the Ukraine war is the result of mistaken policy decisions by the United States and NATO in 1997 which led to the expansion of NATO up to the borders of Russia. Already, back in 1997, when I was working for … Read more